Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Retro Bowl College

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.81M/yr · 122.9M installs
VS

Retro Bowl College

New Star Games
App Store
$51.6K/mo
~$619.5K/yr · 1.1M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +44261% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +10934% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +3044% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +6% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 444× more per month than Retro Bowl College - $22.90M vs $51.6K.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Retro Bowl College relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.9M lifetime installs vs Retro Bowl College's ~1.1M - 110.3× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 5 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
Retro Bowl College
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.90M
$51.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.81M
$619.5K
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.9M
1.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
215K
App Store rating
4.51★
4.24★
Total ratings
819K
10K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
5 tiers

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
File size
1.32 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.32
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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Retro Bowl College

New Star Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Sep 18, 2023
Last updated
Apr 27, 2026
File size
40.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.0.18
Languages
English
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Retro Bowl College? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Retro Bowl College earns about $51.6K. That is a 443.6× revenue gap (~$22.85M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.81M/year, Retro Bowl College ≈ $619.5K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Retro Bowl College? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.9M estimated downloads vs 1.1M for Retro Bowl College - a 110.3× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Retro Bowl College's App Store downloads are estimated from 10K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Retro Bowl College in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Retro Bowl College offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Retro Bowl College: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Retro Bowl College runs "Free game · IAP-driven (5 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Retro Bowl College? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings, Retro Bowl College 10K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Retro Bowl College revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $51.6K for Retro Bowl College are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Retro Bowl College to a different App Store app? v
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